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Robyn Rihanna Fenty (born February 20, 1988), who performs under the mononym Rihanna (pronounced /riːˈɑːnə/), is a Barbadian singer, model, and beauty queen. Born in Saint Michael, Barbados, Rihanna relocated to the United States at the age of sixteen to pursue a recording career, under the guidance of record producer Evan Rogers. She subsequently signed a contract with Def Jam Recordings after auditioning for then-label head Jay-Z.[1] In 2005 Rihanna released her debut studio album, Music of the Sun, which peaked within the top ten of the Billboard 200 and features the Billboard Hot 100 hit single "Pon de Replay". Less than a year later, she released her second studio album, A Girl Like Me, which peaked within the top five of the Billboard albums chart, and produced her first number one single, "SOS". Rihanna's third studio album, Good Girl Gone Bad (2007), peaking at number two on the Billboard 200, released three US number one hit singles—"Umbrella", "Take a Bow" and "Disturbia", and the worldwide hit "Don't Stop the Music". The album was nominated for nine Grammy Awards, winning Best Rap/Sung Collaboration for "Umbrella", which features Jay-Z.[2][3]a[›] Rihanna has sold over twelve million albums worldwide in her four-year career span[4][5] and has received several accolades, including the 2007 World Music Awards for World's Best-Selling Pop Female Artist and Female Entertainer of the Year, as well as the 2008 American Music Awards for Favorite Soul/R&B Female Artist and Favorite Pop/Rock Female Artist.[6][7] Rihanna has attained five Hot 100 number one singles, becoming the first of the only two female artists with the most number ones attained within the 2000-2009 decade. She also serves as one of Barbados' honorary cultural ambassadors.[8] Life and career 1988-2004: Early life and recording contract Rihanna was born in Saint Michael, Barbados, to Ronald and Monica Fenty. She has two younger brothers, Rorrey and Rajad Fenty.[9] Her mother, a native of Guyana, is Afro-Guyanese and her father is Barbadian and Irish.[10] She began singing at around the age of seven.[9] Her parents then divorced when she was fourteen years old.[9] Rihanna attended Charles F. Broome Memorial School, a primary school in Barbados, and then the Combermere School, where she formed a musical trio with two of her classmates at the age of fifteen. In 2004 she won the Miss Combermere Beauty Pageant.[11] She was an army cadet in a sub-military programme that trained with the military of Barbados and Shontelle was her drill sergeant.[12] At the age of fifteen she formed a girl group with two of her classmates.[9] In 2003 friends introduced Rihanna and her two bandmates to record producer Evan Rogers, who was vacationing in Barbados with his wife. The group auditioned for Rogers, who said that "the minute Rihanna walked into the room, it was like the other two girls didn't exist." While auditioning for Rogers, Rihanna sang Destiny's Child's cover of "Emotion".[9] Over the next year, Rihanna and her mom shuttled back and forth to Rogers home in Stamford, Connecticut. Then, shortly after turning 16, she relocated to the U.S. and moved in with Rogers and his wife.[9] Carl Sturken helped Rihanna record a four-song demo,[13] which included the ballad “Last Time,” a cover of Whitney Houston’s hit “For The Love Of You”[9] and what would become her first hit, "Pon de Replay" to send to various recording companies. It took a year to record the demos, because she was going to school, and would only record during summer and Christmas school breaks.[9] Rihanna's demo made its way to Def Jam, which invited her to audition for the label's then-president, Jay-Z, who quickly signed her.[11][14][15] 2005–2006: Music of the Sun and A Girl like Me After signin